𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣
Thursday, September 22, 2022, between 10:00 and 18:00, at the National Art Museum of Moldova (Chișinău) and will be held by trainer Andreea Grecu.
The course is aimed at all those who want to specialise in the cultural field: dance, music, theatre, film, photography, multimedia, painting, sculpture, publishing (book and magazine), architecture, design, new media, installations, performance.
It will present the types of funds that can be accessed depending on the legal structure of the cultural organisation, what fundraising campaigns are, what a budget is, what rules are involved in drawing it up, how the budget and the expenditure planned in it are reflected in the content of a presentation file and in the structure of a project.
Participants draw up financial plans for a case study project and receive individual feedback from the trainer. The trainer presents case studies of budgets made and implemented for cultural projects in various fields in which he/she has been directly involved.
The course has an informal format, with learners being encouraged to get to know each other, exchange experiences and find practical solutions for the projects they are working on or are about to implement.
Budgeting will be approached as a component of project financing, with examples based on proposals from course participants, using project outlines and identifying together solutions for implementing cultural ideas.
Content:
- The mission of the organisation and the types of funds that can be accessed to achieve it (local, national, European, international);
- What fundraising campaigns are and how to get informed to start one;
- What a budget is, what rules are involved in drawing it up;
- How the budget and the planned expenditure are reflected in the content of a presentation file and in the structure of a project;
- Various sources of funding (public, private, crowdfounding);
- Marketing and funding: how to attract sponsors or donors;
- Financial officer versus accountant, finance team;
- Examples of financial plans (sources of income and planned expenditure)
- Supporting organisations and individual donors
- Media partnerships (other atypical sources of expenditure coverage)
- Volunteers and their importance in the cultural economy
- Risk management in cultural projects.